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Magnify #16: What is Product Zeitgeist Fit and Why it matters for Web3

You’ve already heard of Product-Market-Fit (PMF). But today, you’ll learn about Product Zeitgeist Fit (PZF). Get your coffee and enjoy the ride. h/t to @DCoolican [https://twitter.com/DCoolican] for his amazing explanation around PZF. You can find that here [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uztjCqIgzsI] . This article extends my understanding of PZF - with Web3-native examples. So what is PZF? In simple terms, it is the fitting of the product to people’s emotions and directly catering to what t

#ClayStackReborn is HERE!

To stand out, you must chase excellence. This is a common saying behind ClayStack’s doors. In an emerging and competitive industry such as DeFi, this has become ever too crucial. Standing out doesn’t mean just being bold or just building a better product, or just hacking some marketing tactics - it means a combination of all things. To further enhance our user experience, we are proud to announce the rebirth of ClayStack. New brand identity fuels an exciting new experience for our users. Welc

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Magnify #15: Decentralized Governance Sounds Scintillating😍

We may have used (and even abused) the term decentralized governance without understanding what it is and asking the right questions. The need to look for decentralized ways of governing a protocol has never been greater. As protocols have developed, there has been a need to govern/control them, so they keep functioning without needing any meddling by any centralized authority. In the pursuit of ensuring that, we have attempted to establish decentralized governance. In a nutshell, it can be de

The Three Current Challenges of Liquid Staking No One Talks About

Staking is gradually picking up pace as the prevailing market conditions impel users to look for alternative ways of generating yield. The ecosystem is gradually maturing, and the space is now encountering new challenges and problems. One of the biggest challenges that impact and lead to other challenges is stake centralization. But is it the only challenge? No, it isn’t. There are more challenges that are not talked about that often. In this article, we'll will go over some of them and explor

Season 2 of our Ambassador Program is ending…🤔

As we begin Season 3 of our Ambassador Program, let us roll back the pages of history and explore all the excitement of Season 2. Put your feet up as we roll through the wonders and adventures of Season 2… The highlight of the month has to be the launch of our ClayClanDAO Twitter account. A platform completely dedicated to our passionate community. And boy, was that a success! We gained over 5K followers in less than a month! And we’re sure…there’s much more to come 😉 ClayClanDAO: Where talen

The Three Major Bull Cases for Liquid Staking

In the previous blogs, we have already explored how staking - in its native form - is complex and requires technical expertise. While staking pools help, they come with the added risk of stake centralization. And that is why we need liquid staking, as it helps in diversifying stake across multiple validators (these validators are chosen by governance) and provides a fully fungible and tradable synthetic derivative. This derivative is as good as the staked capital and can be utilized across mult

The Hunt for Sustainable Yields in DeFi - III

Welcome, traveler! I know your journey through DeFi has been an adventure. We have explored some interesting protocols, understood how they generate yields, and established that they don’t serve our objective of getting sustainable yields irrespective of market conditions. DeFi is still an emerging ecosystem, and several projects are emerging in different categories daily with different objectives. Think about it…if there’s a protocol that auto-compounds the yield that you get on your existing

The Complexity of Staking and How Liquid Staking Helps

Staking is considered one of the safest ways to generate yields. Why? Because the rewards that you get from staking your L1 assets come from network inflation and are not subject to the prevailing market conditions. At the same time, the complexity of staking can become too tedious for an average investor. These complexities include understanding how to set up a validator node or choosing a validator node if you want to become a delegator. Both require a certain level of technical expertise, and

What is Liquid Staking? A Quick Guide by ClayStack

Liquid staking is the process of unlocking staked capital across PoS networks. Let’s break that down. To understand liquid staking, we need to go over what staking is and why it is essential. Staking is the process of depositing your native tokens in a PoS chain to secure the network. In return you are entitled to receive what are known as staking rewards (that are given out in the network’s tokens). Liquid staking unlocks the illiquidity of your staked assets by issuing synthetic derivative to